Garment-hanger.



s. 0. BATSON. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION IILED SEPT. 6, 1912.

Patented J an. 7, 1913.

SIDNEY C. BATSON, OF CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 6, 1912. Serial No. 718,945.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY C. BATSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Clarksville, county of Montgomery, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers,

of which the following is a full and clear specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device; Fig. 2 a side elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 a side elevation showing the device for holding the hat etc. folded in under the coat support.

The object of this invention is to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive garment hanger which will readily accommodate not only the coat and vest and trousers but will also afford a convenient means of hanging the hat and collar and necktie, keeping all these articles of Wearing apparel in a convenient position for removal and in such manner that the coat and vest and trousers will be prevented from wrinkling or creasing.

Referring to the drawing by reference letters, a designates a suspension hook which is attached to a bowed bar I) which serves as a support for the coat and vest. The trouserssupport consists of a horizontal bar 0 hung under the coat bar by means of a pair of rigidly depending rods d. In use the trousers are passed over the bar 0 and allowed to hang thereon, and they are clamped in place by means of a rod 6 which is connected to the coat bar by means of a spring coil f and an upright rod 9, this rod 9 and the coil f being located at a point outside of one of the rods 0Z. The rod 6 is long enough to extend to a point beyondthe opposite rod (Z and to engage in a hook 72. depending from the coat hanger. When this rod 6 is en gaged in the hook h it is brought close to and parallel with the rodc and thus serves to clamp the trousers thereon and prevent the trousers falling off the rod 0.

The rod 9 and the hook it may be fastened to the coat bar in any suitable manner but I prefer the use of a rigid head 2' on the upper end of each of these rods, which head is recessed into the upper surface of the coat bar and is thus put out of the way. These rigid heads 2' prevent the rods 9 and it being pulled down out of the coat bar. The rod 9 has a pivotal action in the coat bar so as topermit the bar e to be swung laterally out of the way when the trousers are placed on the bar c or removed therefrom. The coil f tends to throw the bar 6 downwardly, so that when the bar 6 is engaged over the hook it it will normally look itself therein.

To hold the hat and collar and necktie of the user, I provide the following devices. At one side of the center of the coat bar is pivotally mounted a vertical pivot j whose lower end extends below the under surface of the coat bar and is formed into a spring coil is and thence is extended horizontally to form a rod Z, the extremity of this rod being coiled closely to form an upwardly extending coil 4%. The pivot j is suspended in the coat hanger by an integral or rigid head n similar to the one that fastens the rods 9 and h to the coat bar. At the opposite side of the central line of the coat hanger depends a similar pivot 0 whose lower end is likewise formed into a spring coil p, the free end of the coil being extended horizontally to form a horizontal rod 9 whose extremity is turned abruptly upward to form a. pin 0". The. rods Z and g are of such length that Patented Jan. 7,1913.

when they are swung outwardly to the front the bars Z and g the pin 1' may be arranged to normally enter and remain in the coil r.

When thus arranged, the coil r (by reason of its projecting above the bars Z and g) forms a peg-like projection on which the hat may be hung. The collar and necktie may also be hung on the support afforded by the bars Z and 9 when thus interlocked.

Whenthe support for the hat, etc., is not needed, the bars Z and g are sprung apart and swung around so as to lie under thecoat bar. To hold the bar 9 in this folded position I provide a hole 8 in the under side of the coat bar to receive the pin 1' and to hold the rod- Z in its folded position I provide the coat bar with a depending pin t which is 1 adapted to enter the coil m when the barZ is bent down so as to cause this engagement.

It will be observed that the support for the I hat, etc., may be used at the same time that the coat bar and trousers hanger is in use since it will project outwardly beyond the lapels of the coat and at a point above the support of the trousers. It will be observed also that when the hanger for the hat, etc., is folded and the bar 6 is swung around close to the bar 0, the parts will all be practically in a plane with the body of the coat bar, thus bringing all the parts into a fiat compact device which will enable it to be readily carried about in a trunk or suit-case and which will permit it to be packed closely for shipping and storing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a garment hanging appliance, 01": means for holding a hat, etc., consisting of a pair of spring bars pivotally mounted underneath the appliance so as to swing horizontally, the free end of one of the said bars being provided with an upstanding coil and the free end of the other bar being provided With an upstanding pin adapted to be sprung into and out of said coil, for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. In combination with a garment hanging appliance, of means for holding a hat, etc., consisting of a pair of spring bars pivotally mounted underneath the appliance so as to swing horizontally, the free end of one of the said bars being provided with an upstanding coil and the free end of the other bar being provided with an upstanding pin adapted to be sprung into and out of said coil, said appliance being provided at one side with a hole for receiving and holding said pin and at the other side with a depending pin for receiving and holding said upstanding coil.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

SIDNEY C. BATSON.

Witnesses:

R. L. SEAY, WVM. WILSON.

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